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 The Union government on Friday held a meeting to discuss and analyse the Delhi High Court judgment on decriminalising same gender sex. The meeting was attended by Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Mr. Moily said they would submit a report to Prime Minist..

Uttar Pradesh government on Friday gave the green signal for filing of chargesheet in a court against BJP MP Varun Gandhi for making allegedly inflammatory speeches in P..

Home Minister P Chidambaram along with his cabinet colleagues Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held meeting on Friday to analyse Delhi Hi..

The National Commission for Women (NCW) rooted for a rehabilitation scheme for rape victims on Saturday which would help them get back their life on track./..

Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed exhumation of the bodies of two women allegedly raped and murdered in Shopian last month to collect their DNA samples subject to the consent of their family. Noting that the DNA report is missing and post-mortem was done in a proper way, a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Jus..

 Justice S K Jain of the Allahabad High Court released the bail application filed by mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, though he had reserved the verdict on the bail application on June 30 last after hearing the parties at length. Mukhtar had filed the bail application in connection with BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case in district Ghazipur. Ansari is in jail since 2005, bu..

Uttar Pradesh government gave the green signal for filing of chargesheet in a court against BJP MP Varun Gandhi for making allegedly inflammatory speeches in Pilibhit, moving a step closer to his trial in the case. "The government has given a go-ahead to the District Magistrate of Pilibhit to file chargesheet against Gandhi ..

Two eyewitnesses, who got a lease of life even after being caught by the terrorists of Mumbai attacks, have identified lone surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab and the photograph of deceased militant Abu Ismail in the trial court today. Mr Chandrakant Tikhe, Generator Operator at Cama Hospital, who was injured in the terrorist attack on November 26, last year, to..

Concerned over the increasing incidents of acid attacks, including those in college campuses, the Andhra Pradesh Government urged the Centre to introduce stringent clauses in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Talking to news persons, State Home Minister P Sabita Reddy said the Government had submitted a proposal to the Centre to incorporate 326(a) section in IPC to provide for d..

The Centre has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation of a case relating to recovery of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN). The case was registered by ATS, Mumbai, last month in which some FICN was seized and six persons were arrested. Preliminary i..

Despite the pronouncement of the Delhi High Court judgment legalising homosexuality and lesbianism if it is between two adults with mutual consent, section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is not completely gone of the statute book. If the victim complains that undue..

  SESSIONS JUDGE SHRI S.M.SHEMBOLE AT MUMBAI ACQUITTED TODAY I.E. 3RD JULY 2009, DR. HAVALDAR WHO WAS CHARGED WITH ISSUEING A FALSE DEATH CERTIFICATE WITH A VIEW TO CAUSE DISAPPEARANCE OF EVIDENCE WITH THE INTENTION OF SCREENING THE OFFENDER, I.E. THE FATH..

The special designated CBI court pronounced sentences on 16 more convicts in connection with the multi-crore rupee fodder scam case unearthed during unified Bihar. CBI special judge Pankaj Kumar Mishra gave rigorous imprisonment with fines to 16 senior and lower rung government employees, involved in fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 11.9 crore from Doranda treasury. b..

The Delhi High Court legalised homosexuality by striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Hearing a petition of Naz foundation, a bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S Muralidhar said if not amended, Section 377 of the IPC would violate Article 21 of the Indian constitution, which states that every citizen has equal opportunity of lif..

Despite the pronouncement of the Delhi High Court judgment legalising homosexuality and lesbianism if it is between two adults with mutual consent, section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is not completely gone of the statute book. If the victim complains that undue force have been used against him or her by the perpetrator of the act, it remains an offence and the offen..